While that certainly is an option, I didn't need it last time... so unless that was some fluke, I'm going to try different floppy diskettes and keep plugging away. I mean, the floppies are there pretty much for the express purpose of getting Linux on older machines. If it doesn't work for me (and I do consider myself pretty knowledgeable about installing OSes and the hardware I have), it's not going to work for a lot of people. Chris Matthew S. Hallacy said: > Drive down to MPC, buy a $10 laptop 44pin->desktop 40pin IDE adapter, > install on desktop, transplant laptop drive back to the laptop. > > presto. > > On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 10:11 -0500, Chris Schumann wrote: >> >> Hardware: IBM ThinkPad 750P, 36MB RAM, 12GB HD. LinkSys PCMPC200 >> wired 16-bit 100Mbps PC Card. No CD drive.